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Tetartemorion
| Issuer | Uncertain Cilician city |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Female head depicted nearly facing, inclined slightly to the left, with finely rendered facial features including almond-shaped eyes and a straight nose. The hair is elaborately styled, drawn back from the face and secured, with individual strands indicated by careful engraving along the sides. The portrait is executed in the archaic-to-classical Cilician tradition, occupying the full flan within an irregular incuse border. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | The Persian Great King depicted in the characteristic kneeling-running posture to the right, a dynamic convention common to Achaemenid-influenced coinage of Cilicia during the 4th century BC. The royal figure is shown holding a dagger in the right hand and a bow in the left, rendered in miniature but with discernible detail despite the small module. The design is set within a plain incuse square typical of early hammered silver fractions. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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